Viewers at home were shocked and many took to Twitter to slam his outburst.

One wrote: "Indian chit-chat...are you actually allowed to say that? #TheApprentice" while someone else said: "Oh yay. It's the episode where they bait them into being horrendously racist #TheApprentice."

Another said: "They're dissing him for "Indian chitchat" but he got the deal #TheApprentice.”

Dillon commented: “I would never intentionally set out to say something derogatory. I apologise if my comment caused offence, it was not intended in that manner.”